Students Recognized for 3-Minute Short Stories

Posted on Thursday, October 31, 2013 [3:36 PM]

Three of the LWC students who were winners in the college's
"3-Minute Fiction
Competition" are joined by Kentucky author Lynwood Montell. From
left: Maria Cozzens
of Shelbyville, Ky., Hannah Jones of Bremen, Ky., Montell and
Kellie Mann of
Chicken Bristle, Ky. Not present: Amelia Withers of Jamestown,
Ky.

COLUMBIA, Ky. -- A quartet of Lindsey
Wilson College students was recognized for their creative writing.
The four were winners in the "3-Minute Fiction Competition,"
sponsored by the college's "Lindsey Writes" initiative.

Students were invited to write up to a 600-word short
story that included the phrase "I was so scared."

The winners, who received a cash prize, were recognized
by Kentucky author and folklorist Lynwood Montell on Tuesday, Oct.
29, during a reading held in the Cralle Student Union Building.

The winners were:

* Maria Cozzens of Shelbyville, Ky., who
wrote "The Mystery of the Haunted Toilet";